100 things
January 9th, 2007 by sarah
1. I really wish I could whistle.
2. My middle name is Beth. Not Elizabeth- Beth.
3. Housework makes me very happy, especially vacuuming.
4. I can’t go to bed if there are dishes in the sink, and I can’t leave the house if my bed is unmade. If I do, then I’m depressed, sad, or something is wrong with my general mental state.
5. I am oh-my-God seriously allergic to almonds, pecans, and walnuts. This often makes me feel like a bad person.
6. I am dysfunctional at best and hysterical at worst for the first 20 minutes I am awake on a workday.
7. On weekend mornings, I’m just fine.
8. I am a natural redhead, but I dye my hair another flavor of red than that that came preinstalled.
9. I could listen to Sean Connery read census findings and be happy.
10. Or any male with a Scottish, Irish, or English accent.
11. I am the second clumsiest person I know- Sabine is first.
12. I bathe twice a day, almost every day (but always once).
13. I want to be a good cook, a charming conversationalist, and a great housekeeper- like June Cleaver, but without the kids.
14. I am a feminist, by definition.
15. I don’t see any reason why #s 13 and 14 should be considered to conflict.
16. New Year’s Eve is my favorite holiday.
17. I cannot name my favorite song, because I have about 15. I refuse to pare it down and pick one.
18. I am the youngest of 2.5 (2 for mom, 3 for dad) daughters, and we are all 1 month shy of being 9 years apart.
19. I was supposed to be a boy. My name would have been George Michael Jr.
20. I refuse to feel guilty for having a TV in my bedroom.
21. The idea of singing kereoke terrifies me
22. Singing in a group of friends is great fun for me- and I even have 2 songs I will sing all by myself in front of people.
23. The two songs I know are possibly the dirtiest songs I’ve ever heard. Well, one is dirty and the other is just obscene.
24. I don’t have one best friend. I have 5. I call them my Tribal Council.
25. 3 of my tribal council are men- all of whom I’ve had romantic relationships with.
26. The 2 women? I’d totally date… if I were even the tiniest bit gay.
27. Evil Sara says she’d never date me. There’d be too much drama. She’s right.
28. Oftentimes drinking does not give me a hangover. Beef often does.
29. I feel very insecure if I am wearing my eyeglasses. This stems from a boy I had a mad crush on at 13 telling me that I “hid” behind my glasses.
30. That boy was my first kiss when I was 14- I had contacts by then.
31. I’ve never seen a James Bond movie.
32. Or any Terminator movie.
33. Or any movie with a zombie in it, that I can recall.
34. I have seen all of the Bring It On movies. Even the direct-to-DVD ones.
35. I have no idea what my IQ is, and I don’t care to know.
36. I think that a suntan is extremely unattractive.
37. Sears commercials have made me cry.
38. My biggest turn off is insecurity.
39. I am so insecure that it isn’t even funny.
40. I like double-standards.
41. I have two tattoos- a viking and a celtic knot.
42. I still like both of my tattoos and want a few more.
43. I watch “When Harry Met Sally” at least 4 times a year.
44. I have never had a successful relationship with anybody I wasn’t friends with first.
45. With two noteworthy exceptions, one from high school and one as an adult, I am still on friendly terms with everyone I’ve been involved with.
46. I’m divorced. I’m friends with him, too.
47. I truly believe that men and women can be “just friends” with no awkwardness.
48. I own a tractor.
49. I’ve been a Pelican in the SCA since I was 27.
50. It still throws me off when people call me “Mistress.”
51. As of this revision, I have 3 proteges.
52. I call them my Minions. It’s a term of respect.
53. I also have Tools. That’s also a term of respect.
54. If I call you a “really sweet guy” chances are, that’s not a term of respect.
55. I love to dance.
56. I dance really, really badly.
57. I have a magic toe. It’s where I get my super powers from.
58. There’s a special dance that invokes one of my super powers.
59. The dance can make Sabine fall down laughing.
60. I own at least 4 sewing machines.
61. And 2 sergers.
62. I am incapable of having “big hair”. It’s only been managed once- for a prom, when I was 14. A gay man accomplished that feat, and it’s never happened again.
63. I get ear infections at the drop of a hat.
64. And chicken pox.
65. I really, really do not like clowns.
66. I’ve had crushes on Bret Michaels, John Goodman, and Gilbert Gottfried.
67. On 2 of those 3, I have no idea what the hell I was thinking.
68. I won’t tell you which two (well, ok, Gilbert Gottfried is one of them).
69. I collect 4-leaf clovers, especially red ones.
70. I didn’t know what a pedophile was until I went to college and I went to Wal-Mart and asked where they kept them. I thought it was a pumice stone for feet (you know… pedo=foot + file…)
71. I still hang out with the same people I did when I was a teenager, for the most part.
72. They still surprise me.
73. I’m comforted in knowing that I rarely surprise them.
74. I absolutely hate it when doctors look in my ears. I flinch.
75. I loved high school.
76. I have played the clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, guitar, and doumbek.
77. I always wanted to play the piano but couldn’t figure it out.
78. I tell my friends I love them way more often than would be considered normal.
79. Fortunately, my friends are not what would be considered normal.
80. I love live music, even when it’s kind of bad.
81. I overthink EVERYTHING.
82. People who love me call it “strategizing.”
83. One of these days, I’m going to write “The Good Girls’ Guide to Machiavellianism.”
84. Original Sara already pre-ordered her copy.
85. I can’t bowl.
86. Or play darts.
87. Or play pool.
88. I have jumped off of bridges just because my friends did. They went first and checked for stumps. That’s love.
89. I spent my teenage years crawling out of my bedroom window to do so.
90. I still think I was a pretty good kid.
91. I’m snarky.
92. I’m sarcastic.
93. If I could pick one person to go to jail with, it’d probably be John.
94. I use the words “Dude”, “Excellent”, “Awesome”, and “Epic” way too often to have a liberal arts degree that emphasized in literature.
95. I like being around people who are smarter than I am.
96. I think that “Drive” by Melissa Ferrick is the sexiest song ever written.
97. I am a Facebook addict.
98. I am the shyest extrovert I know.
99. I love school supplies.
100. I used to close my eyes when driving over bridges because they scared me. Squid always took the wheel and I knew I’d be safe. I’m over the fear of bridges, but I’d still let him take the wheel if he wanted to.